Yoga and the Quintessential Search for Holiness
The very word yoga has to do with holiness. Yoga derives from the root yuj which means to unite, to integrate and to make whole. Holiness, on the other hand is also derived from wholeness. Neither yoga nor holiness has much to do with pious religiosity. Both are related to asearch for right being an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1995, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-253 |
| Further subjects: | B
Holiness
B Yoga B Partiality B Religiosity |
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| Summary: | The very word yoga has to do with holiness. Yoga derives from the root yuj which means to unite, to integrate and to make whole. Holiness, on the other hand is also derived from wholeness. Neither yoga nor holiness has much to do with pious religiosity. Both are related to asearch for right being and for a relationship with the' whole. Partiality and fragmentation-inner and outer-are the cause of sorrow, illusion. violence and of sin. The search for wholeness itself is holy and sacred. However. the sacredatti- tude to life is constantly menaced by forgetfulness and has to be recovered again and again. All spiritual effort is for the purpose of that recovery, for re-membering the fragmented self and for abiding in the state of recollection. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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